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Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a class action by US school districts against Meta and other social media platforms. In a 2020 research project code-named “Project Mercury,” Meta scientists worked with survey firm Nielsen to gauge the effect of “deactivating” Facebook and Instagram, according to Meta documents obtained via discovery. To the company’s disappointment, “people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison,” internal documents said. Rather than publishing those findings or pursuing additional research, the filing states, Meta called off further work and internally declared that the negative study findings were tainted by the “existing media narrative” around the company. Privately, however, staff assured Nick Clegg, Meta’s then-head of global public policy, that the conclusions of the research were valid. “The Nielsen study does show causal impact on social comparison,” (unhappy face emoji), an unnamed staff researcher allegedly wrote.  » Read More

TANGKAK: A 59 year old factory operator lost more than RM72,000 after falling for an online parcel scam involving a supposed cash gift from a Facebook acquaintance. Tangkak OCPD Supt Roslan Mohd Talib said the victim lodged a report on Saturday (Nov 22) after realising she was deceived. He said the victim made 12 transactions totalling RM72,175 into a single bank account between Friday (Nov 21) and Saturday. “The victim was promised a gift worth US$195,000 (RM810,203) by a Facebook acquaintance. She realised she had been cheated after informing her family,” he added on Sunday (Nov 23). Supt Roslan added the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. He said the public should remain vigilant and not be fooled by parcel or gift delivery scams, especially online. Supt Roslan added that people should conduct proper checks before making any payments to avoid becoming victims. “The public should follow the Commercial Crime Investigation Department’s Facebook, Instagram and TikTok for updates on scam tactics,” he said.  » Read More

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Facebook Live video provided a peek at conditions inside the medical pod at 201 Poplar. It's another glimpse at problems inside of the jail.  The video sparked an internal investigation. The man who recorded that video, now released from custody, Derrick McDonald, told FOX13 Investigates that he's been paralyzed for the past decade. Records show he was booked into the Shelby County Jail for drug possession after a traffic stop. McDonald claims he was neglected by medical staff.  "(Expletive) been down here two days. I ain't got changed. No, none of that (expletive). Got me sitting in (expletive) and piss," McDonald said in the Facebook Live video.  He said he spent those two days helpless and unable to care for himself.  "If I don't get up out of here, I'll get sick," McDonald said. "I'll get bedsores. I was hoping the roaches weren't going to crawl on me while I was lying here."  In the five-minute video, McDonald described not being monitored by staff. At one point,  » Read More

Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem Yasser Abu Shabab/Facebook One of the largest militia, the Popular Forces, operates near the southern city of Rafah Urgent questions are being raised over a patchwork of armed groups that have emerged to fight Hamas in Gaza over recent months. They include groups based around family clans, criminal gangs and new militia – some of which are backed by Israel, as its prime minister recently admitted. Elements within the Palestinian Authority - which governs parts of the occupied West Bank and is a political rival to Hamas - are also believed to be covertly sending support. But these militia - each operating in its own local area inside the 53% of Gaza's territory currently controlled by Israeli forces - have not been officially included in US President Donald Trump's peace plan, which calls for an International Stabilisation Force and a newly-trained Palestinian police force to secure Gaza in the next stage of the deal. One of the largest militia is headed by Yasser Abu Shabab,  » Read More

Getty Images Twitch is the latest platform to be included in Australia's teen social media ban Twitch, a streaming platform popular with gamers, has been added to Australia's teen social media ban which starts next month. It joins other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and Snapchat that must ensure under-16s cannot open accounts and existing ones are closed from 10 December. Australia's internet regulator overseeing the ban said Twitch - owned by Amazon -has been included as its main purpose was "online social interaction" where users were encouraged to chat to each other about posted content. A Twitch spokesperson said Australians under 16 will not be able to open a Twitch account from 10 December, and from 9 January, existing under-16s accounts will be deactivated. On her reasons why Twitch had been included, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said it was "a platform most commonly used for livestreaming or posting content that enables users, including Australian children, to interact with others in relation to the content posted".  » Read More

With trees, baubles and tinsel, Christmas hasn’t arrived so much as kicked in the door of the usually quiet Dublin city centre hotel lounge where Medihive chief executive and former Facebook Ireland boss Gareth Lambe has agreed to meet me. Festive elevator muzak threatens to overwhelm the voice recorder on the table in front of us. All of this less than two weeks after Halloween. Lambe has been busy since he departed Facebook owner Meta in 2022 after 10 years, most of it spent at the helm of the tech giant’s Irish unit. “I planned it for a long time,” he says of his decision to step down. “I gave them a lot of notice and I took over a year off – a year and four months.”READ MOREStill, the transition must have been difficult. “I was really looking forward to it, but it turns out you can’t just switch the cogs off from working. I probably got a bit impatient for a while.  » Read More

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say a 17-year-old was kidnapped at gunpoint, stripped of his clothes, and forced to twerk in a Facebook Live stream.  » Read More

Saskatoon By Stacey Hein Published: November 19, 2025 at 12:05PM EST WATCH: A Saskatoon blogger says years of work disappeared in an instant when Facebook shut down her page and she lost her 22,000 followers. Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months Canadians ‘don’t understand’ seriousness of Ontario anti-Trump ad: Hoekstra Vancouver mayor credits DTES task force with reducing overdoses. Here’s what public health experts say Loved ones say goodbye to young girl killed in Yaletown condo fall Albertans among 10 arrested over alleged ties to former Olympic snowboarder and alleged drug trafficking kingpin Morgan Frost breaks 3rd-period tie, NHL-worst Calgary Flames beat Buffalo Sabres 6-2 OPP charge 17-year-old with impaired driving following single-vehicle collision ‘I’ll shut down if I have to;’ Miller’s Farm denied bylaw amendment to maintain trucking operations 62-year-old man killed, woman critically injured in RDP crash GMF Hudson Medical Centre fears closure due to Bill 2 Lane widening questions arise amid new southwest neighbourhood developments Infill expansion in Mayfield neighbourhood rejected unanimously by council Maine paper mill stops accepting N.B.  » Read More

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District Judge James E. Boasberg rejected the Federal Trade Commission's argument that Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated ...  » Read More